COUNTRYSIDE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fruit tree’s flowers... blooms madly around start of spring (7)

5 Wiltshire village, popular TV/ film location e.g. of ‘Cranford’ (6)

8 See 13 across

9 Cut grass in awkward place – street edge? (5)

10 A loch on ‘Rob Roy Way’ is unusually near! (4)

11 Coppiced tree stumps – for simple seats? (6)

13/8 Road between Buttermere and Borrowdale valleys – parish stones disturbed (8, 4)

14 They help an equestrian with a leg-up! (8)

16 Wild animals injured basset (6)

17/2 down Iconic pinnacle on Isle of Skye – makes front door slam! (3, 3, 2, 5)

19 Huge stones, like Yorkshire’s ‘Norber Erratics’ (8)

21 Plant grown for pasturage or fodder – as Gerry’s scattered (3,5)

23 Search for edible plants growing wild (6)

25 Soft feathers... get you depressed? (4)

26 Long walk... for a vagrant (5)

28 Bedfordshire river... I’ve left! (4)

29 Stay... in here mainly (6)

30 Type of horse that pulls heavy loads – a breeze? (7)

DOWN

1 Gust of wind ... a really good time! (5)

2 See 17 across

3 Distress call in Thurso storm (3)

4 Wetland areas (7)

5 Citrus fruit associated with balm and grass (5)

6 Site of RHS’s most prestigious garden show (7)

7 Solitary bee that nests in wood – woodworker (9)

12 Scornfully reject... name of a Yorkshire tidal island and National Nature Reserve (5)

15 Forest at foot of Mourne

Mountains – Molly tore around (9)

16 Steep river bank... sham? (5)

18 Colour of National Park boundaries on Explorer maps (7)

19 See 24 down

20 Old breed of British chicken... found in Guildford or Kingston! (7)

22 Hampshire market town associated with Jane Austen (5)

24/19 down One of the heaviest flying birds, extinct in Britain from 1832 until 2004 (5, 7)

27 Vegetable, could be split or chick? (3)